coarsen
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)sən/
coarsen (coarsens, present participle coarsening; past and past participle coarsened)
- (transitive) To make (more) coarse.
- 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 6 "D'Sonoqua,"
- She appeared to be neither wooden nor stationary, but a singing spirit, young and fresh, passing through the jungle. No violence coarsened her; no power domineered to wither her. She was graciously feminine.
- 1978, R. Z. Sheppard, "She-Wits and Funny Persons," Time, 29 February, 1978, [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,919733,00.html]
- […] as the years went by, democracy and its wide audiences tended to broaden and coarsen humor.
- Bad language coarsens the whole quality of our life. It normalises harsh, often indecent language, which despoils our communication.
- Because the wool is of poor quality, it will coarsen the fabric.
- 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 6 "D'Sonoqua,"
- (intransitive) To become (more) coarse.
- 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned, "The Beating,"
- He was intolerable now except under the influence of liquor, and as he seemed to decay and coarsen under her eyes, Gloria's soul and body shrank away from him […]
- 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned, "The Beating,"
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